RE: Snow blindness; was, RE: "Good enough"

["Sarah Blake" <Sarah -dot- Blake -at- microfocus -dot- com>]

I find that sending the final version off to be irrevocably published is
a guaranteed way to discover all the remaining errors.

There's gotta be a way to make Murphy's Law work for us, surely?

Sarah Blake
Senior Technical Author
Micro Focus


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> From: "Leonard C. Porrello" <Leonard -dot- Porrello -at- SoleraTec -dot- com>
> Subject: Snow blindness; was, RE: "Good enough"
> 
> I collaborate on marketing writing with the marketing guy in my
company.
> We use an iterative approach and handoff frequently. Usually, I'll
look
> at the same document three or four times. And when we iterate quickly
> (>3 iterations in a day), by the time I get to what is suppose to be a
> final pass, I am pretty much snow blind. That is, I often read what I
> think should be there rather than what is actually on the page. If I
can
> walk away from a text for a couple of days, I can see it clearly
again.
> 
> What do you do to mitigate snow blindness? Do you know of any
technique
> to shorten cycle times?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Leonard

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